The word Kona has it's origin in the most spoken Bantu language in Uganda: Luganda. Translated word to word, Kona means "to knock".But most of the times, people (especially the youth) in Uganda use it as a slang word which refers to the metaphorical sense of the knocking sound in traditional Ugandan music.Looking at the huge influence traditional music has on dancing in Uganda, you can see a parallel of the knocking sound of the music and the knocking sound of the waist movement when people dance.If you look at traditional dancers you will find them "hitting" the beat of the music with their waist.Walking in ugandan streets nowadays you will find the youth screaming "kona", to motivate people to dance and to express their happiness. It can stand for: "hey, let's dance", "dance is fun",or simply be an expression of feeling good while dancing.